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When Kevin Dunckel of Naperville walked to the Selection Square podium Saturday to announce the Bears' fourth-round pick in the NFL draft, he was armed with some advice from a friend, the kind you'd expect from a fellow Bears fan: "Don't screw it up." He didn't. "With the seventh pick in the fourth round, No. 106 overall, the Chicago Bears have selected Jeremy Langford, running back, Michigan State," Dunckel read off a card as the audience erupted. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell escaped his final Draft Town appearance with more cheers than boos — Friday night's crowd was particularly feisty — but maybe it helped that Bears...

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